Our Engle cards track the CVN trial stats of some of the best attorneys on both sides of Florida’s unique tobacco litigation. "Engle prodigy" cases, as they're widely known, include thousands of claims spun off from a decertified class action against the nation's tobacco companies, with the first Engle prodigy trial dating back to 2008.  This week, we're featuring Scott Schlesinger, an attorney whose Engle resume includes a half-dozen eight-figure-plus verdicts across a decade of trials. 

Effectively addressing damages is critical during voir dire. And during jury selection of a headline-grabbing trial against Gawker Media, Kenneth Turkel’s questioning helped select a jury that delivered him a blockbuster verdict.

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CVN’s video cameras have covered the gavel-to-gavel action of nearly every Engle progeny trial — litigation spun from a massive Florida class action against the nation’s tobacco companies. And over the years, our Engle cards have honored many of the best lawyers involved in those high-stakes cases. This week’s release in our newest Engle card series features a tobacco defense attorney with a stellar winning record through six years of Engle trials.

Strong closing rebuttals often combine memorable rhetorical devices with a counterpunch that both undercuts a defense’s argument and bolsters the plaintiff’s own case. In a groundbreaking trial against Monsanto over the cancer allegedly caused by the agrichemical giant’s weed killer, Brent Wisner used a strong rhetorical hook as part of a closing rebuttal that helped secure a nine-figure verdict for his client.